Brewin Dolphin Holdings Plc
BRW:LN
Overview
Company Profile
Brewin Dolphin is a stockbroker and investment manager with a long history. It's said to have started way back in 1762 with the founding of broker John Dawes. After numerous partner changes and acquisitions over the subsequent 200 years, Brewin Dolphin listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1994.
Classification
Sector Finance
Industry Asset Management Services
Financials
Corporate
Board of Directors
Simon Miller
Home Investor relations Corporate governance Board of Directors Board of Directors Simon Miller Chairman
Simon Miller was appointed Chairman in March 2013. He joined the Board in 2005 and became Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director in 2012. He read law at Cambridge and was called to the bar. He subsequently worked for Lazard Brothers and County Natwest. Since 1994 he has been Chairman of Dunedin LLP. He is also Chairman of Artemis Alpha Trust, Blackrock North American Income Trust and JPMorgan Global Convertible Income Fund.
David Nicol
CA, Chartered FCSI – Chief Executive
David Nicol is a chartered accountant. He was a Director of Morgan Stanley International PLC from 2004 to 2010. He worked for Morgan Stanley for 26 years in a number of Operations and Finance roles and was appointed EMEA CAO in 2004. David was a Non-Executive Director of Euroclear plc from 1998 to 2010. He trained and qualified in 1980 as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young and spent two years working for KPMG in Hong Kong before joining Morgan Stanley in London in 1984. David Nicol is on the Board of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments, the Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and is a member of the Appointment Committee of the Hermes Property Unit Trust. David joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director in March 2012 and was subsequently appointed as Chief Executive in March 2013.
Stephen Ford
FCSI, CAIA – Head of Wealth & Investment Management
Stephen Ford is Head of Wealth & Investment Management. He joined Brewin Dolphin in March 2000, was appointed as a director of the operating company, Brewin Dolphin Limited in 2009 and joined the PLC Board in March 2013. Stephen is also a Non-Executive of Tilman Brewin Dolphin. Before Brewin Dolphin he led the financial services division at the Cumberland Building Society and prior to that he held various management roles at the Bradford & Bingley Building Society. Before moving into financial services, Stephen’s early management career was in food retail with J. Sainsbury PLC. Stephen holds the Chartered Wealth Manager and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designation.
Andrew Westenberger
FCA – Finance Director
Andrew Westenberger joined the Board in January 2013. He was Group Financial Director of Evolution Group PLC from 2009 until August 2011 and a Director of its principal subsidiary Williams de Broe Limited. Andrew qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Coopers and Lybrand, and from 2000 to 2008 held various senior finance roles in London and New York with Barclays Capital. In September 2015 Andrew joined the Board of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments as a Non-Executive Director and Trustee.
Kath Cates
Non-Executive Director
Kath Cates was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in December 2014. Kath has over 20 years\' experience in international financial services, latterly as the Chief Operating Officer, Wholesale Banking for Standard Chartered Bank, and is currently a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Risk Committee for RSA Insurance Group plc.
Angela Knight
CBE – Senior Independent Director
Angela Knight was a Councillor and Chief Whip on Sheffield City Council from 1987 to 1992. She entered Parliament in 1992 as MP for Erewash and was Economic Secretary to the HM Treasury between 1995 and 1997. She was Chief Executive of The Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers from September 1997 to December 2006 & Chief Executive of the British Bankers Association from April 2007 to July 2012. She was Chief Executive of Energy UK until December 2014 and is currently a non-executive director on the Board of Tullett Prebon PLC and a Non-Executive member of Transport for London. Angela was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Brewin Dolphin in July 2007 and has been the Senior Independent Director since February 2014.
Ian Dewar
FCA MA (Cantab) – Non-Executive Director
Ian Dewar was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in November 2013. Ian recently retired from KPMG after a 32 year career where he was a Partner for 19 years. During that time, he performed a wide variety of different roles both within KPMG and as a Non-Executive Trustee in the Charity sector. An accountant by training, his experience has been in Audit, Advisory, Client Relationship and Practice Management roles. The last 27 years have been spent working in the Financial Services Sector.
Paul Wilson
MBA – Non-Executive Director
Paul Wilson was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in December 2013. Paul has over twenty five years’ experience of the Financial Services industry and has been a leader of several professional services businesses. Paul is a Non-Executive Director of Abbey Protection plc where he chairs the Nomination and Remuneration Committees and sits on the Audit Committee. Paul is an Advisory Partner at Bain & Company, where he was previously a Senior Partner, responsible for their Financial Services practice. He is Non-Executive Chairman of XL London Market Ltd (insurance underwriter) and sits on their Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee. He is also a Group Board Member at Unigestion Holding SA (investment management), based in Geneva. Paul is International Chairman of Action Against Hunger, a global charity addressing the problems of acute malnutrition in children, in 35 countries worldwide.
Caroline Taylor
Non-Executive Director
Caroline Taylor was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in May 2014. Caroline has over 25 years in the Financial Services sector with a strong background in investment management and in-depth knowledge of all aspects of investment management operations, compliance and legal issues. Caroline was a director of Goldman Sachs Asset Management International from 2005 to 2012.